Posts by jillmenow

It could have been caused by a sudden change in blood pressure.  It's happened to me before.  I was working out, and started feeling kind of tired, so I got off the elliptical machine, and suddenly I felt like I would either black out or throw up.  I sat down, and my eyes were seeing spots and going black, and and then I just threw up.  My doctor said it was probably a sudden change in blood pressure, from it being really high when I was working out, and then I stopped quickly and it dropped off too fast.

Anyone who knows me knows I'm high maintenance.  I have high expectations and I do what needs to be done to make sure they're met.  I have specific ideas/standards of the way I like things to be.  My boyfriend (whom I live with) frequently teases me about it. 

I don't take that long to get ready to go out though.  And I leave the house without makeup all the time.  I used to be really high maintenance about that stuff, when I was overweight. 

Okay well just in case this doesn't magically work out for you, I just want to let you know this one thing.  This may suck.  Depending on your school/class/professor, there may be the possibility of writing a supplemental exam.  You need to contact the prof about that.  Initially you would fail the class, but then this exam gets scheduled for later in the year and you can take it then so that you don't fail the class.  This was an option in many of my university courses. 

In the case that this is not an option: you may fail a class because you missed the final.  You might have to just suck it up and take the class again.  It may set you back a bit if it was a prerequisite for next terms classes.  Maybe you can re take it in the summer.  I know it sucks but in the long run (think 10 years from now) this will not be that big of deal.  I feel really bad for you, regardless, but remember, there are worse things that could happen.

Good luck.

I used to be up somewhere around 6 point something.  But then I finished grad school and got a real job so now I'm only lurking on weekends, when the forums are practically dead. 

I'm jealous..I don't really get to shop for fun stuff anymore.  While I was losing a lot of weight I was always buying super cheap clothes knowing they were probably going to be disposed of.  But now I'm pretty much at my goal weight and just got a pretty serious job so now I have to build a professional looking wardrobe.  I've mostly been in dept stores, the liz claiborne and ann taylor stuff at least has a bit of personality and so far seems to be pretty good quality.  I haven't bought anything at the Gap in a long time, it's been pretty crappy for a couple years now.  I guess I'm just recommending dept stores, there's a pretty decent variety, and they have better sales on the higher end brands than you would get in the actual stores. 

My boyfriend doesn't even keep his socks in drawers.  They're on shelves.  He claims that his socks are too big and he can't fit any reasonable amount into a drawer (his feet are size 14).  He actually doesn't use drawers at all..he has a huge closet that is overflowing with clothes, plus two tall shelves covered in clothes.  Mostly t-shirts he never wears.  We're moving in together in a couple of weeks.  We'll have a fairly large closet, but if he keeps all his stuff there would be zero room for mine.  But we've discussed it.  He knows he only gets one side of the (walk in) closet.  We'll see what happens, lol. 

He's basically a pack rat.  And from reading the above posts..I'm starting to think a lot of men are?  Or just too lazy to purge the garbage out of their closets? 

I like that I always understand what people are trying to communicate.  At least, in person, anyway.  It comes in handy.

I also like that I know how to rock my way through an IQ test.  I think that skill is about to land me a job.

I don't panic.  Or at least I am really really good at hiding it.

I think fast on my feet.

I forget where I read it, but at some point in my life I read that something like 99% of people who wanted to be married eventually got married at some point.  So it's quite likely to happen for you, if that's what you want.

Build a complete life without another person.  That way you can be happy on your own, and then if someone happens to come along, you can be happy together.  Throw convention to the wind.

If I were you though, I'd stop using the phrase "true love"...that might help.

I'm listening to the hum of my lab.  Computers, a fridge, a centrifuge, stir plates, etc.  It's my second last day here so I don't mind.

I took a beginner music course online for one of my undergrad degrees.  It was alright.  I had a bit of an advantage, having previously had 15 years of formal music instruction prior to taking the course.  I needed a fine arts class and couldn't fit anything in my schedule (because I was taking 6 other courses), so that's why I did it.

Classes I liked that I took in a classroom: intro to modern physics, environmental sustainability and development, philosophy of science, philosophy of logic, intro to anthropology, industrial air and wastewater treatment, biochemistry, contaminant hydrogeology.

Okay so most of those courses aren't courses the average person would just end up taking.  And I've been in school a long time, and having a good or bad professor will have a huge impact on the course, which is why an online course is a little risky.  However, I have yet to come across a program you couldn't drop if you didn't like it, and still get most or all of your money back.

I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me on this one but I'm going to say it anyway.  Actually getting married isn't that important.  If you're not already at the point in your relationship where you feel like you've made a commitment of that magnitude then you probably shouldn't get married.  And you can't predict the future.  I don't see a point in making any promises forever.  Things change that you can't control, and you should be willing to deal with those circumstances as they arise.  For my boyfriend and I, well, we're both individually financially stable.  We're moving in together soon, and I understand that I'm taking a risk.  If it doesn't work out, then I'll move out, and we'll move on.  Sure it would be difficult, but life is difficult. 

My parents are divorced.  It was ugly.  Mainly because there wasn't enough money, but there were a lot of kids, and my mom didn't have a career to fall back on.  If there are kids in the picture, it's tougher. 

I can't say I really blame employers for tending to hire more attractive people.  Everybody knows that you can be Mensa smart but if you can't get people to like you (and therefore listen to your ideas and communicate with you) then it's moot.  Brains aren't everything.  They really aren't.  If you can get people to like you, you're golden.  And the first step is being physically attractive, because that's the first way people judge you.

Here's my contribution to the anecdotal evidence:

I'll be completely honest despite how egotistical this will sound: I think I'm a fairly attractive person.  Don't get me wrong, I'm no supermodel or anything, but I'm certainly not homely.  I've been told quite a few times that my appearance is quite 'striking', I'm assuming it's related to me being half chinese.  Anyway.  My point.  I've been interviewing for jobs lately, and several of these interviews have been over the phone, and several have been in person.  The responses over the phone have never been poor, still enthusiastic, I've advanced to at least 2nd or 3rd interviews in all cases.  No rejections yet (knock on wood).  However; the response in the interviews in person has been overwhelmingly positive.  It's not like I felt like I was giving better answers in person. 

Also:  I'm 5'2, my boyfriend is 6'5.  The fact that our heights are so different is a pain.  It isn't why we're together.  Neither of us can help it.  So sue me.

You should duct tape a doll to your leg, and carry one in an unsafe way as well.  Although that could get cumbersome. 

I can see where you're coming from.  I work in a male dominated, technical field.  Prior to weight loss (about 185, 5'2), I didn't worry about whether or not people were taking me seriously, and listening to what I was saying.  Now I worry about it all the time.  Not to sound like I'm bragging, because I'm really not, but I have big boobs, full lips, and in general I'm in pretty great shape, plus I'm young (25).  So now I have to go out of my way to make sure I don't look like I'm trying to look sexy.  Nobody has told me to do this or anything like that, it's more for my own peace of mind.  So I try to look put together, but I don't wear anything even approaching low-cut, nothing tight, etc.  Once I had on a fairly snug black pencil skirt, a button-down shirt and a sweater vest, heels, and glasses, and my boyfriend thought I looked like a "sexy librarian"...it is what it is.

I'll admit that I've certainly gotten some...satisfaction, if you will, from similar things.  I went to a highschool full of spoiled rich kids who walked around like they owned the earth.  When I hear something about them, like, they aren't "bigwig executives" like they said they were going to be, I do snicker a little.